Yesterday

China's Arms Race

China is outbuilding America's navy and beating us in hypersonic missiles. Xi has purged corrupt generals to create a military machine loyal only to him. Can China's forces actually win a war? We break down the PLA's transformation from paper tiger to potential superpower. Gue ... Show More

52m 24s

Nov 18

Generation Burnout

China's youth were supposed to lead the nation to glory. Instead, they're lying flat, embracing "garbage time," and quietly rebelling against a system that promised everything and delivered economic stagnation. In this episode of Face-Off - our first of Season 3 (!) - we get ins ... Show More

59m 26s

Nov 4

Season 3 Trailer

In our third season of Face-Off: The US vs China, we’ll explore some of the biggest issues dividing these global powers today: Trump and Xi Jinping, AI, China’s growing military might, and also… robots. Season 3 of Face-Off: US vs China begins Tuesday, November 18th. Join us. Fac ... Show More

3m 10s

Jul 2021

Why Is China Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal?

For decades, nuclear weapons did not figure prominently in China’s military planning. However, recent satellite images suggest that the country may be looking to quintuple its nuclear arsenal. Why is China changing strategy now?Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes ... Show More

20m 14s

May 2023

A New Nuclear Age

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the possibility of nuclear war felt like a problem of days past. Now, as great-power competition heats up, the potential for nuclear conflict seems higher than at any point in decades. How did the nuclear taboo fade, and what does nuclear p ... Show More

40m 40s

May 2021

The Best of ChinaPower: The Implications of China’s Conventional Missile Arsenal: A Conversation with Ankit Panda

In this special "best of ChinaPower" episode, Mr. Ankit Panda discusses China's growing conventional missile arsenal and associated implications for military strategy and security in the Indo-Pacific region. He touches on the role of China’s ground-based missiles in the projectio ... Show More

26m 41s

Sep 2023

Drum Tower: Nuclear reaction

Chinese social media is awash with disinformation about nuclear wastewater. Ever since August 24, when Japan began to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima plant, China’s state media has pumped out a flood of one-sided reports about the dangers. China’s nationalist netize ... Show More

36m 3s

Jan 2024

Unpacking China’s Nuclear Modernization: A Conversation with Hans Kristensen

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Mr. Hans Kristensen joins us to unravel the complexity of China’s expanding nuclear capabilities. Mr. Kristensen compares the composition of China’s nuclear stockpile to its global counterparts and analyzes China’s ongoing modernization ... Show More

42m 58s

Feb 2024

США считают, что Россия готовится разместить ядерное оружие в космосе. Так не делали даже во время холодной войны. Почему это бессмысленно и опасно?

18 февраля газета The New York Times (NYT) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/russia-nuclear-weapon-space.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">сообщила</a>, что США обратились к Индии и Китаю с просьбой отговорить Россию от размещения ядерного оружия в кос ... Show More

38m 52s

Apr 2024

China's tech battle to control the future

Chinese President Xi Jinping's new slogan, "develop new productive forces," aims to bolster the expansion of high-tech sectors to drive economic growth. China already dominates the world of electric cars and controls more than 80 percent of the global solar panel manufacturing ma ... Show More

29m 19s

Oct 2022

Nuclear War 101

On this episode of Cyber we talk about an old technology that suddenly feels very new. The bomb. That’s right, this episode is all about nuclear weapons. Thanks to Moscow’s war in Ukraine and Putin’s implicit and explicit threats to use them should Russian territory be threatened ... Show More

49m 1s

Doomsday